Arsenal: Mikel Arteta reveals Bukayo Saka, Jurrien Timber and Riccardo Calafiori injury latest for Liverpool

Bukayo Saka has taken portion successful immoderate Arsenal grooming earlier Sunday’s crunch Premier League showdown with Liverpool, manager Mikel Arteta has confirmed.

Saka has missed Arsenal’s past 2 games aft injuring his hamstring portion playing for England successful the Nations League earlier this month.

The winger was forced disconnected during England’s daze decision by Greece astatine Wembley connected October 10 and missed their crippled against Finland 3 days later.

Saka returned to Arsenal aft that and it was initially hoped that helium could diagnostic successful past weekend’s travel to Bournemouth.

However, the 23-year-old was yet near retired of the squad connected the southbound seashore and Arsenal were defeated 2-0 successful their archetypal nonaccomplishment of the season.

Saka did not bid successful beforehand of the media connected Monday and was past absent again for Arsenal’s Champions League clash with Shakhtar Donetsk connected Tuesday night. The Gunners went connected to triumph the crippled 1-0 acknowledgment to an ain goal.

Arsenal are adjacent successful enactment connected Sunday against Premier League rubric rivals Liverpool, who they invited to the Emirates Stadium, and Arteta has present fixed a caller update connected Saka’s fitness.

"He has done a spot of grooming connected the grass,” the Gunners brag said astatine Friday’s pre-match property conference. “How acold we tin get him to Sunday, that's different question."

Jurrien Timber besides missed Arsenal’s triumph implicit Shakhtar connected Tuesday and has been retired of enactment since the commencement of this month.

The defender is struggling with a musculus wounded and Arsenal request him backmost arsenic William Saliba is suspended for Sunday’s crippled with Liverpool aft being sent disconnected astatine Bournemouth.

“It is the archetypal league that helium could person immoderate involvement,” Arteta said of Timber connected Friday. “We expected him to beryllium further backmost [in his rehab].”

Riccardo Calafiori limped disconnected during the triumph implicit Shakhtar aft awkwardly twisting his genu precocious on. The summertime signing has since been for a scan and reports successful Italy authorities that helium is acceptable for a fewer weeks connected the sidelines.

Arteta said of Calafiori connected Friday: "He needs immoderate much tests. Yesterday helium had immoderate and helium needs immoderate more."

On that injured trio arsenic a full up of Liverpool, Arteta said: “We are going to bash our precise champion to someway person them available. But it is very, precise uncertain.”